[EAN: 9780253222077], Neubuch, [PU: Indiana University Press, United States], History|Europe|Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History|Jewish, Language: English Brand New Book. Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well as new arrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities for education, culture, employment, and entrepreneurship but cursed for the often pitiless persecution of its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of Kiev Jewry from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the outbreak of World War I. It explores the Jewish community s politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic and demographic shifts, religious and cultural sensibilities, and relations with the city s Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, the local press, memoirs, and belles lettres, Natan M. Meir shows Kiev s Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, and engaged in the activities of myriad Jewish organizations and philanthropies.

Meir, Natan M.:

Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well as new arrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities for education, culture, employment, and entrepreneurship but cursed for the often pitiless persecution of its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of Kiev Jewry from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the outbreak of World War I. It explores the Jewish community's politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic and demographic shifts, religious and cultural sensibilities, and relations with the city's Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, the local press, memoirs, and belles lettres, Natan M. Meir shows Kiev's Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, and engaged in the activities of myriad Jewish organizations and philanthropies. History History eBook, Indiana University Press

Meir, Natan M.

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Kiev, Jewish Metropolis: A History, 1859--1914

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9780253222077

Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well as newarrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities foreducation, culture, employment, and entrepreneurship but cursed for the oftenpitiless persecution of its Jews. Kiev, Jewish Metropolis limns the history of KievJewry from the official readmission of Jews to the city in 1859 to the outbreak ofWorld War I. It explores the Jewish community's politics, its leadership struggles, socioeconomic and demographic shifts, religious and cultural sensibilities, andrelations with the city's Christian population. Drawing on archival documents, thelocal press, memoirs, and belles lettres, Natan M. Meir shows Kiev's Jews at work, at leisure, in the synagogue, and engaged in the activities of myriad Jewishorganizations and philanthropies.